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Title: Quantam of Solace
Genre: Action/ Adventure

Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M (Judi Dench) interrogate Mr White (Jesper Christensen) who reveals the organisation which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined. Forensic intelligence links an Mi6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless business man and major force within the mysterious organisation. On a mission that leads him to Austria, Italy and South America, Bond discovers that Greene, conspiring to take total control of one of the world's most important natural resources, is forging a deal with the exiled General Medrano (Joaquin Cosio). Using his associates in the organisation, and manipulating his powerful contacts within the CIA and the British government, Greene promises to overthrow the existing regime in a Latin American country, giving the General control of the country in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of land. In a minefield of treachery, murder and deceit, Bond allies with old friends in a battle to uncover the truth. As he gets closer to finding the man responsible for the betrayal of Vesper, 007 must keep one step ahead of the CIA, the terrorists and even M, to unravel Greene's sinister plan and stop his organisation.

I must say the 007 series has maintained its standard but I didn’t feel as impressed compared to the previous Casino Royale. Perhaps because the storyline this time was following the previous one so that was the reason it was lacking of new elements. Nevertheless Daniel Craig indeed stuns me with his charismatic and his eyes seem to be telling story. As James Bond he wants to find out whether Vesper truly loves him or was just fooling him to get information but he has mission to carry out and so he was torn as he cannot make the mission personal. As he pursue the truth, he killed countless but when he gets to the man who could tell him the truth and was the one who cause Vesper to die, he did not kill him. It surprises me as how could he not have killed him? I came to the conclusion that it was probably because he finally realize that killing the person would not have helped at all. He seem ruthless when he throw his dead old friend into a rubbish chute but I believe deep in his heart he is feeling very sad about his friend’s death but he know he have something even more important to do and that’s why he have no choice but to leave his friend in a rubbish chute. At the very end of the movie I came to this conclusion that James Bond is also a human and not a Superman that we think he is and I think we should have this mindset when viewing and judging. Simply because some things may seem like this on the surface but under the surface is the truth we failed to see.


Shao Ying